hentaigana

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Etymology

From Japanese 変(へん)体(たい)仮(が)名(な) (hentaigana).

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Noun

hentaigana (plural hentaigana)

  1. A character belonging to obsolete, now non-standard hiragana.
    • 1985, Earl Miner, Hiroko Odagiri, Robert E. Morrell, The Princeton Companion to Classical Japanese Literature, Princeton University Press,, →ISBN, page 281:
      Modern hiragana is a descendant of various earlier versions now usually called hentaigana.

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hentaigana

  1. Rōmaji transcription of へんたいがな
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